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Originally Posted by 3rd liner
I see why the no goods would do this, can somebody explain why the wings would do this? They are in a rebuild, but to give up an asset, retain salary and just get a draft pick and a guy who isn’t in the NHL... what???
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Most teams who are buyers are so tight against the cap that they would have needed to retain a large percentage of his salary just to move him at all. That makes the salary retention a moot point.
Beyond that, it's an asset that would expire in about 6 weeks, so they got what they could for him.